Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Cannon Connections: Argen Duncan The Brown family, from left, 2-year-old Andrew, Abbey, Adam and 4-year-old Alexis sit in their Clovis home. Abbey competed in the Mrs. New Mexico America pageant in June, and her platform included sharing her positive perspective on marriage. Modeling her Air Force career and ideas on marriage along with an evening gown, a Cannon Air Force Base substance abuse counselor was named first runner up in the Mrs. New Mexico America pageant in June. Staff Sgt. Abbey Brown competed in the pageant for...
Freedom New Mexico: Clarence Plank Madison Belcher, 9, of Portales shows her Reserve Champion rabbits during the Junior Livestock Sale at the Roosevelt County Fair on Friday. Her rabbits sold for $3,500. Local buyers had a chance to pick up extra heifers for their dairies or a hog for their freezer on Friday at the Roosevelt County Fair Junior Livestock Sale. FFA and 4-H members showed off their prize-winning animals for the sale. Some of the children who participate in the sale are not bothered by selling an animal they...
Local buyers had a chance to pick up extra heifers for the dairies or a hog for the freezer on Friday at the Roosevelt County Fair Junior Livestock Sale. FFA and 4-H members showed off their prize-winning animals for the sale. Some of the children who participate in the sale are not bothered by selling an animal they cared for. Cody Whitecotton, 17, of Elida has been selling his animals at the fair since he was 7 years old. “It is not that hard to raise them,” Whitecotton said. Whitecotton said sometimes the buyers give the...
Freedom New Mexico The Clovis Municipal Schools Board of Education and administrators held a work session at Eastern New Mexico University Friday. The day included reports from the superintendent’s cabinet and discussion. • Executive Director of Personnel Rhonda Roberts spoke on Title 9, a federal mandate that school districts distribute resources evenly between boys and girls school-sponsored extracurricular activities. The state has audited the Clovis district for compliance and may require new procedures. Roberts s...
Freedom New Mexico The Clovis Municipal Schools Board of Education and administrators held a work session at Eastern New Mexico University Friday. The day included reports from the superintendent’s cabinet and discussion. • Executive Director of Personnel Rhonda Roberts spoke on Title 9, a federal mandate that school districts distribute resources evenly between boys and girls school-sponsored extracurricular activities. The state has audited the Clovis district for compliance and may require new procedures. Roberts s...
Large cheering crowds, sponsorship posters, t-shirts in school colors ... enthusiasm for football is easy to see in Portales and Clovis. This time of year, Friday night is high school football night for many across the region. People have different ideas about why the support exists, but a number of them see it as a good thing. “It brings the community together with a common goal,” said Portales High School booster club secretary Chelle Strawn. “We are defending state champions. It brought the community together last year....
PNT Photo: Argen Duncan Portales Rams booster club secretary Chelle Strawn talks with her son, Justin, after the football scrimmage Friday. Justin Strawn, a junior, plays right guard. Chelle Strawn said football is an important part of her family's life. Large cheering crowds, sponsorship posters, t-shirts in school colors ... enthusiasm for football is easy to see in Portales and Clovis. This time of year, Friday night is high school football night for many across the region. People have different ideas about why the...
Former Melrose Police Chief Jennifer Dreiling was found not guilty Friday for a citation she received in March when she crashed her patrol unit. Dreiling was charged with improper turning after police said she cut across traffic to follow a motorist she had stopped. She was struck by a car when she entered its lane. There were no injuries. According to defense attorney Dan Lindsey, the verdict came from a two-hour trial held Friday in Curry County Magistrate Court....
Freedom New Mexico Former Melrose Police Chief Jennifer Dreiling was found not guilty Friday for a citation she received in March when she crashed her patrol unit. Dreiling was charged with improper turning after police said she cut across traffic to follow a motorist she had stopped. She was struck by a car when she entered its lane. There were no injuries. According to defense attorney Dan Lindsey, the verdict came from a two-hour trial held Friday in Curry County Magistrate Court....
Freedom New Mexico NextEra Energy Resources, located near Fort Sumner, was recognized Friday as the state’s eighth company to achieve Zia Star Voluntary Protection Program status, according to a news release from the New Mexico Environment Department. The program recognizes companies with exemplary health and safety management systems that maintain injury and illness rates below the national average for their industry, the release said. NextEra owns and operates a wind power generator northeast of Fort Sumner. The facility w...
Freedom New Mexico Sheriff’s deputies said they shot a 28-year-old Roosevelt County man with an electronic stun gun Wednesday while he was trying to escape. The man is identified as Juan Z. Bustamante and is accused being a probation and parole absconder. Chief Deputy Malin Parker said a warrant for Bustamante’s arrest was issued Tuesday after he failed to check in as ordered with parole officers. Parker said Bustamante was spotted by a special survelliance team watching his home in Portales and fled a few minutes later aft...
NextEra Energy Resources, located near Fort Sumner, was recognized Friday as the state’s eighth company to achieve Zia Star Voluntary Protection Program status, according to a news release from the New Mexico Environment Department. The program recognizes companies with exemplary health and safety management systems that maintain injury and illness rates below the national average for their industry, the release said. NextEra owns and operates a wind power generator northeast of Fort Sumner. The facility was the first wind p...
Freedom New Mexico Sheriff’s deputies said they shot a 28-year-old Roosevelt County man with an electronic stun gun Wednesday while he was trying to escape. The man is identified as Juan Z. Bustamante and is accused being a probation and parole absconder. Chief Deputy Malin Parker said a warrant for Bustamante’s arrest was issued Tuesday after he failed to check in as ordered with parole officers. Parker said Bustamante was spotted by a special survelliance team watching his home in Portales and fled a few minutes later aft...
The City of Clovis will hold a public meeting at 10 a.m., Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 at the Assembly Room of City Hall, 321 Connelly Street, Clovis to discuss major projects/purchases that should be included on the City’s Infrastructure and Capital Improvement Plan (ICIP). Residents of Clovis are invited to attend and provide input on projects they believe should be included. The ICIP is a document that is revised each year to show major projects the City hopes to accomplish within the next five years. A “major” project is...
The Landing Zone 11 a.m.: Friday: Seafood newburg, fried pork chops and shirmp Monday: Chef’s choice Tuesday: German-style pork roast Wednesday: Roast beef and chicken cordon bleu Thursday: Mexican casserole...
The Landing Zone 11 a.m.: Friday: Seafood newburg, fried pork chops and shirmp Monday: Chef’s choice Tuesday: German-style pork roast Wednesday: Roast beef and chicken cordon bleu Thursday: Mexican casserole...
I decided to homeschool my kids again this year, but I also feel the back-to-school frenzy that sweeps Wal-Mart aisles across the country, if only because I buy supplies that school children use for the kids' curriculum, co-ops and various classes. Like many other adults across the country, I get in the trenches of the crowded stores to buy school supplies, which is as peaceful as sitting in front of the loudest speaker at a rock concert, and I detest rock music. Flocks of children assault the aisles ready to grab new pencils...
I decided to homeschool my kids again this year, but I also feel the back-to-school frenzy that sweeps Wal-Mart aisles across the country, if only because I buy supplies that school children use for the kids' curriculum, co-ops and various classes. Like many other adults across the country, I get in the trenches of the crowded stores to buy school supplies, which is as peaceful as sitting in front of the loudest speaker at a rock concert, and I detest rock music. Flocks of children assault the aisles ready to grab new pencils...
Friday 7 p.m. — Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince, PG Saturday 4 p.m. — I Love You Beth Cooper, PG-13 7 p.m. — Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince, PG Sunday 3 p.m. — Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince, PG 7 p.m. — I Love You Beth Cooper, PG-13...
Friday 7 p.m. — Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince, PG Saturday 4 p.m. — I Love You Beth Cooper, PG-13 7 p.m. — Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince, PG Sunday 3 p.m. — Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince, PG 7 p.m. — I Love You Beth Cooper, PG-13...
Friday Late Nighter — 9 p.m., The Landing Zone. Saturday Block Party — 4 p.m., 801 Clovis Community Center. Mini triathlon — 8 a.m., Liberty Pool. Featuring 500 meter swim, 10K bike ride and 5k run. Amarillo tax-free shopping trip — 6 a.m. departure from ITT. Give Parents a Break — 11 a.m., CDC. Nine-pin no tap night — 5 p.m., Get an automatic strike every time you score nine pins or more. Cost is $2 per game. Karaoke contest — 1 to 2 p.m. for ages 9-12 and 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. for ages...
Friday Late Nighter — 9 p.m., The Landing Zone. Saturday Block Party — 4 p.m., 801 Clovis Community Center. Mini triathlon — 8 a.m., Liberty Pool. Featuring 500 meter swim, 10K bike ride and 5k run. Amarillo tax-free shopping trip — 6 a.m. departure from ITT. Give Parents a Break — 11 a.m., CDC. Nine-pin no tap night — 5 p.m., Get an automatic strike every time you score nine pins or more. Cost is $2 per game. Karaoke contest — 1 to 2 p.m. for ages 9-12 and 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. for ages...
Cannon Connections: Argen Duncan Roosevelt County 4-H member Daizia Looney, 10, shears her goat in preparation for the Roosevelt County Fair. The 4-H program provides a variety of activities for 5- to 19-year-olds, with many opportunities for the whole family to get involved. Did you know Portales has a Frisbee golf course? It does. The city offers recreation opportunities from horseback riding to a historical museum to a coffee-and-sandwich shop with wireless Internet access. “I think the people make it worthwhile,” said Wen...
Cannon Connections: Argen Duncan Roosevelt County 4-H member Daizia Looney, 10, shears her goat in preparation for the Roosevelt County Fair. The 4-H program provides a variety of activities for 5- to 19-year-olds, with many opportunities for the whole family to get involved. Did you know Portales has a Frisbee golf course? It does. The city offers recreation opportunities from horseback riding to a historical museum to a coffee-and-sandwich shop with wireless Internet access. “I think the people make it worthwhile,” said Wen...
PNT Correspondent Photo: Carrie Pendleton A male peacock sun bathes in the afternoon sun at the Hillcrest Park Zoo. This peacock is one of more than 300 birds visitors can view while strolling through the park. Place: Hillcrest Park Zoo Location: 1201 Sycamore St., Clovis. The park is roughly 9 miles or an 18-minute drive from Cannon Air Force Base. What activities can you enjoy at this location? While touring this 22.5-acre zoo, you can view 150 different mammals, as well as more than 300 birds. There are also picnicking...
